Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Mack Roberts, Shelby County, Texas, 1867

Mack Roberts registered to vote in Shelby County on July 27, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 29 years in Texas, 18 of them in Shelby County. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Shelby County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
29 years
In Texas
18 years
In the county
about 1838
Reached Texas
11 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1838 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Shelby County

Mack Roberts

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Mack Roberts
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Shelby County
Precinct
9
Registered
July 27, 1867
Years in Texas
29 years
Years in Shelby County
18 years
Years in the precinct
6 months
Years in Texas before Shelby County
11 years
Signature, as written
"Jacob x Roberts"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Shelby County highlighted
Shelby County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

11 years

Mack Roberts reported 11 years more in Texas than in Shelby County.

Other freedmen named Roberts in Shelby County

Robertses elsewhere in Texas

All 77 freedmen named Roberts in Texas

Variations of Roberts

Sources

This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 5 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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